§ 72.35 GENERAL SPEED REGULATIONS.

   No person shall drive a vehicle on a street or highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing. Except as otherwise provided in § 72.36, it shall be unlawful to operate a vehicle in excess of 35 miles per hour inside the corporate limits. A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.

(Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1-3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 72.36 SPEED REGULATIONS ON CERTAIN STREETS.

   (A)   It shall be unlawful to operate a vehicle in excess of the speeds listed below on the streets or portions of streets of the state highway system listed in each designated Traffic Schedule hereby made a part hereof.

      (1)   Twenty miles per hour, Schedule I.

      (2)   Twenty-five miles per hour, Schedule II.

      (3)   Thirty miles per hour, Schedule III.

      (4)   Forty miles per hour, Schedule IV.

      (5)   Forty-five miles per hour, Schedule V.

      (6)   Fifty miles per hour, Schedule VI.

      (7)   Fifty-five miles per hour, Schedule VII.

   (B)   It shall be unlawful to operate a vehicle in excess of the speeds listed below on the streets or portions of streets, not a part of the state highway system, listed in each designated schedule, hereby made a part hereof.

      (1)   Twenty miles per hour, Schedule VIII.

      (2)   Twenty-five miles per hour, Schedule IX.

      (3)   Thirty miles per hour, Schedule X.

      (4)   Forty miles per hour, Schedule XI.

      (5)   Forty-five miles per hour, Schedule XII.

      (6)   Fifty miles per hour, Schedule XIII.

      (7)   Fifty-five miles per hour, Schedule XIV.

§ 72.37 DUTY OF DRIVER TO DECREASE SPEED.

   The fact that the speed of a vehicle is lower than the limits set out in the Traffic Schedules shall not relieve the driver from the duty to decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill crest, when traveling on any narrow or winding roadway, or when a special hazard exists with respect to pedestrians or other traffic, or by reason of weather or highway conditions. Speed shall be decreased as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any other person, vehicle, or other conveyance on or entering the highway in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due care. A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.

(‘58 Code, § 16-43) (Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1- 3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99

STOP OR YIELD REGULATIONS

§ 72.45 THROUGH STREETS.

   (A)   Those streets and parts of streets described in Traffic Schedule XXI, hereby made a part hereof, are declared to be through streets for the purpose of this subchapter.

('58 Code, § 16-24(a))

   (B)   Whenever any ordinance designates and describes a through street, there shall be a stop or yield right-of-way sign on each street intersecting the through street or intersecting a portion thereof described and designated as a through street by any ordinance, unless traffic at the intersection is controlled at all times by traffic-control signals. However, at the intersection of two through streets or at the intersection of a through street and a heavy traffic street not so designated, or at the intersection of two other streets neither of which is designated a through street, signs shall be erected at the approaches of either of the streets.